GASTON
SYDNEY
WORK FROM 2022-2025
PG 4-13
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2 SURROUNDED BRANDED OFFICE SPACE
PG 14-19 THE BASE GALLERY
PG 20-25
3 PADERBORN SENIOR LIVING FACILITY
PG 26-27
4 DONE BY HAND
SURROUNDED BRANDED OFFICE
WHEN:
TYPE: Fall 2024
Branded Office Design
CHICAGO NEXT OFFICE SPACE
The goal of this project was to help elevate the NEXT space. NEXT is an independent advertising agency who has offices around the globe. They work with clients in the food industry, footwear, beverage, and stationery industry. This project was designed to have on main client. We were given the task of taking this office and remodeling it to fit the needs of the new NEXT space. COLLABORATION was a key design element for this space. This building was also pivotal to the Chicago Fulton history. This area is known for being a large part of the Chicago meat market. This meant the project needed to point to the importance of this building while also including all of the clients needs.
This project challenged me in new and different ways. This was our first office project and branded space project. Finding ways to serve the clients needs while also creating a cohesive design was a much needed challenge. It allowed me to explore new creative ideas. It also allowed em to find a new love for office design, which is something I had never realized. Each student was also given the task of including space for the one brand we were given. This meant including branding in a unique pop up space. This project was created using Revit, Enscape, Illustrator, Photoshop, and In Design.
SURROUNDED BRANDED
LEVEL SEVEN FLOOR PLAN
(RENDERED + FURNITURE SHOWN)
LEVEL SIX FLOOR PLAN
(RENDERED + FURNITURE SHOWN)
CONCEPT DIAGRAM
INSPIRED BY THE CHICAGO CIVIC CENTER PLAN, THIS SPACE FOCUS ON KEEPING THE COLLABORATION AT THE CENTER. COLLABORATION IS THE CENTER OF THE COMPANY, THEREFORE THE SPACE FOCUSES ON DOING THE SAME
THE SHAPE MIMICS THE DESIGN OF THE 1958 CENTER PLAN. IT BRINGS IN THE ANGLES AND THE IDEA OF BEING CENTERED AROUND A SPACE
LEVEL SEVEN RCP
LEVEL SIX RCP
3D-AXON VIEW OF POP UP
WORK CAFE PERSPECTIVE
STAIR PERSPECTIVE
THE BASE GALLERY
LOCATION:
WHEN:
TYPE:
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Final Project Fall 2023
Renovation and Redesign
26 W Center Street Fayetteville, AR 7270. A place once left empty now transformed into a world of primary color. For this project, we were given the task of taking three buildings on the corner of the Fayetteville square, and transforming them into a gallery. We explored other galleries through precedent analysis. We had the opportunity to also visit the site and other local galleries to gather inspiration. We used our hand drawings skills to sketch and explore, but we also used Rhino, Illustrator, Photoshop, and In Design. This project allowed me to put myself in the shoes of a visitor and wonder how they might explore this space.
This building has the goal of showing how the simplicity of color can transform and enhance the space. The walls are a blank canvas that the art transforms into a bold and colorful one. The blend of clean lines and primary color invites you into the space. Color can tell a story and guide you through each chapter. The focus on red and blue was deliberate as these colors can show the power of color and emotion. Each wall will guide you, as a visitor, through the space. The angles and the colors on the walls are made to be a map. You don’t know what you are going to experience, all you know is you are being drawn in by the color.
THE BASE GALLERY
PLAN
SYDNEY GASTON
PERSPECTIVE- TEMPORARY GALLERY
PERSPECTIVE-SECOND FLOOR
PERSPECTIVE-SECOND FLOOR
PERSPECTIVE-SECOND FLOOR
PADDERBORN SENIOR LIVING
WHEN:
TYPE: Spring 2024
Creative and Design
For the Padderborn Senior Living complex we focused on creating spaces for individuality, but also space that could bring these people together. The “Kornblume” has a library, chapel, and restaurant that provide spaces that bring the members together. This project utilized digital, schematic, and physical work to portray the design on this space. We started the journey with the physical process work and schematic review. We researched Germany and the requirements for a senior living facility that differs from America. This then led us through the rest of the process and into the final design. Overall, this project because of the 135,000 sq ft pushed us to explore the big and small picture of design.
This project pushed me as a designer in many ways. This was our first large project. This taught me how to see the big a small picture.
PERSPECTIVE- LIBRARY
OAK
TONES OF BLUE
BRUSHED BRONZE
SECTION- DINING
PERSPECTIVE-DINING
FLOOR PLAN- DINING
DONE BY HAND
WHEN:
TYPE: Fall 2022-Spring 2023
Hand Drawn and Model Work
I wanted to be able to also showcase some of my work done by hand. Yes, most of the design world is done digitally, but there is something special about hand drawn work. Drawing and creating by hand is not my strongest section, but I see so much beauty in the simplicity of pencil drawings. There is something powerful about taking away the screen and creating with just a simple tool, our hand. We started school with only hand drawings and physical models, so I thought it was best to finish this portfolio with the aspect that all of this work began with.
SUBTRACTIVE SPACE PENCIL DRAWING
GALLERY SKETCHES
GALLERY CHARCOAL DRAWING
FRUIT DRAWINGS
WATERCOLOR
ACRYLIC PAINTING